Officials blamed a wildfire that consumed more than 38,000 acres and destroyed 21 homes last week on a boy playing with matches, and said they would ask a prosecutor to consider the case. ...more

November 1, 2007

BRADENTON - A judge has set Nov. 16 as the day Blaine D. Ross, convicted of killing his parents in January 2004, will learn whether he lives or dies for the double-murder. ...more

October 30, 2007

Pinellas County detectives have arrested a Sarasota man on drug trafficking charges, saying he may have passed phony prescriptions in six other counties. ...more

October 28, 2007

Pinellas County detectives have arrested a Sarasota man on drug trafficking charges, saying he may have passed phony prescriptions in six other counties. ...more

October 27, 2007

An incredulous judge sentenced a man to three years in prison for tossing a 10-week-old puppy off an apartment balcony during an argument with his girlfriend. ...more

October 27, 2007

Elalia Walker, who investigators say was beaten by her boyfriend, suffered brain damage and her condition worsened today. Temple Terrace police said Walker was beaten Oct. 11 by her boyfriend, Stanley Telfare, a custodian at Blake High School. ...more

October 18, 2007

A local jury provided that "wow" verdict and let David A. Will out of jail after finding him not guilty of shooting his wife. No one disputed that the gun he fired hit her in the arm, shattering the bone, which required surgery. No one disputed that he fired the gun because she was going to call authorities for spousal abuse. ...more

October 18, 2007

A prosecutor said Monday that a former U.S. military police commander aided the enemy by letting top detainees make unmonitored cell phone calls at sites including the camp that held Saddam Hussein. But his attorney described the officer as only trying 'to win the hearts and minds of Iraqis.' ...more

October 16, 2007

A Polk County jury on Friday convicted Heizel Gonzalez-Martinez, a 26-year-old woman accused of luring the father of her child to a violent death at the hands of her boyfriend, on second-degree murder and accessory charges. ...more

October 13, 2007

BARTOW - A Polk County jury has convicted Heizel Gonzalez-Martinez, a 26-year-old woman accused of luring the father of her child to a violent death at the hands of her boyfriend, on second-degree murder and accessory charges. Jurors returned their verdict just before noon after deliberating for about 2 1/2 hours. Gonzalez-Martinez could face life in prison. ...more

October 12, 2007